一个美丽的星期五。

哎呀，真是伤脑精，糟糕，我有喉咙痛！！也真是奇怪，我的喉咙一点现象都没有，说痛就痛。不过，我是不管这么多的。今天到星期五了！
时间真是过得很快。好在英伟载我来学校，还赔我吃早餐。我好开心哦，有老公陪的感觉真是不错的。

在工作上，我早上没做些什么，去看了一些房子和开会。不要误会，我看房子是为了工作。我们得确认这些房子的状况还不错，大致上还可以住人，是可以让我们的交换学生住。房子的外观还挺不错，设施也多。那里有游泳池，宴会厅，公园等等。。。。。。最重要的是很靠近国大，可以搭巴士，五分钟就可以到国大了。
之后，我们就开了一个会议。在会议上，我大多数是听他们报道一些计划和质料。看来，我有很多东西要学习。
在下午，我有个面试哦。两地半在Department of Statistics, The Treasury 那里面试。现在还不是很紧张。可能等一下会吧。不过，我是抱着试试看的心态去的。预祝我成功！
今晚还有个约会，就是跟我老公的大学同学一起吃晚餐。其实，我蛮认识他的同学的，因为他们都是我们结婚的兄弟。所以，我跟他们没有设么代沟。。。。。。
在等我的下一次杰说吧。。。
祝你有个愉快的周末！

真是伤脑精哦！！！

这是我第一次用中文写我的Blog！我必须熟练着一个软件，因为我的工作需要我做翻译，需要用它来打字。其实，经过上一次的经练，我发现我的华文也不是很好，有些汉语拼音都不记得了。所以，我必须经常用它来打字。
刚刚开始，我还有点不习惯。现在，比较会用了。

我刚刚跟我的老板说我明天下午得去面试。起初，我还很担心她不给我去。因为最近，她的心情不是很好，工作也忙，是常看到她不是很高兴。所以有一点担心，不敢跟她请假。
我趁她心情好的时候，把病假交给她，也对她说我要请假。刚开始，她说明天有一个很重要的会议，最好不请假。但，跟她谈了一下，她说她没有全力阻止我，因为这是我的前途， 毕竟这份国大的工作实是暂时的。说老实的，跟她谈了之后，我现在没有这么焦急了。

其实我的老板说得没错，这的确是我的将来，前途。我必须地自己想想。 所以，我明天会去面试。但我不会抱太大的希望。还记得上次的SIA面试，我觉得很有希望。到头来，还不是希望泡汤！所以，这一次，我要以平常心需面对。有就有，没有就没有，一切就随缘吧。不过，我还是会尽力的。在怎么说，我在国大的工作也是朋友介绍的。再来，这个老板也是因为认识我，才把这份工作留给我。

我就不要再想这么多了，还是做我的工作吧，不要再胡思乱想了。

Forgot to post this....

San San's birthday was on 15th July, SUnday. Celebrated for her and had a good time playing MJ with our usual "dry swim" kakis... See below for pics.......
birthday gal!!

Our usual MJ kakis...

Mi and San San....

San San & Hubby, Vin

Thurs, 19th July

Guess what, i just received a call from Dept of Statistics, Ministry of Trade and Industry, asking me to go for an interview tomorrow @ 2.20pm. I actually forgotten when i have applied for this job. I think it is sometime in Early June. Facing a dilemma cos i dun know how to get a half day off tomorrow. My boss is very busy and she dun looks happy recently. How should i ask her?
To be honest, i find this job is rather relaxing till now. Other than the very high level of visit last week, I am not doing alot of things. I have only been doing simple stuffs like updating website details, calling chinese universities to chase them to submit documents, preparing reports, sending correspondences etc... Maybe i am still learning, picking up ropes from my boss....There's really alot of things that i am not aware. Sometimes, i feel like i am not even a MSO who knows so much in work. They are so busy everyday. Yet, i am a Manager, in name, doing simple things. Perhaps, you may feel that i am worrying too much or maybe i should feel happy instead. Coz i am paid higher and do less job! I want to be busy always. I want to be developed and learn new things always. Is it that i learn things too slowly that i dun get alot of duties to do? I feel a bit of "useless", occupying a place and doing very minimal duties. Another incident is about my Big Boss. Recently, we have a summer programme and he was asked to initiate to signify the commencement of the programme for a group of 47 Chinese students. He was intoducing all the IRO staff who were present in the lecture theatre to the students and he left me out. Seriously, I DUN FEEL GOOD! Maybe i am too sensitive. The manager whom i am supposed to cover when she leaves for her delivery (3 months of ML + 2 months of settling in malaysia, she's a malaysian) is really good. She is sharp and experienced in this field. Everything looks so simple to her. She can do it fast and efficiently which i find it hard to match up. I know i shouldn't compare myself to her, but inevidently, her efficiency puts me down in front of my boss. *God* What should i do?

Wed, 18th July

Finally, half the week is over. Today, I am feeling a bit sad coz SIA sent me an email that i was unsuccessful to clinche the job - performance development executive. Feel upset as i felt i did a great job for the interview. Was actually very confident in myself. *sigh* Nevermind, i will keep on searching for possible jobs. Perhaps, i may get a better job... Anyway, my hubby is coming back today from Nagoya. That's a v good reason to be happy! He always brightens up my day!

How i yearn to see him !!

Tuesday, 17th July 2007

My hubby is not in town. He's in Nagoya now, must be sleeping like a log as he just touched down this morning. I MISS HIM!!

We met up with his NUS classmates on last friday @ Holland V Fosters. This time round, we were given the Fosters' VIP card again as we consumed more than $200 of beer + snacks. (mostly, beers! *sigh*) This is our 2nd time there. We already gotten the VIP card on our last visit. We sort of like the place as it was not v noisy, is actually quite a nice place to chill out...The boss, Johnny still recognises Yingwei! Probably becoz we were rather rowdy on our last visit there.

There were some interesting facts disseminated during the drinking session:
1. Both Julie, Mark's wife and Angela, Jamson's wife are pregnant. Both have just got over their 1st trimester with not much vomiting. Congrats to them!

2. E Fung is leaving for Calcutta for a short photo shoot session.

The turn-out for this gathering was rather good, about 12 pax. Of which, many were our(Yingwei & myself) wedding's Brothers/Xiong Dis and Sisters/Jie Meis. So coincidence....
Another piece of good news! Yingwei has cleared his base-check and line-check on the last 2 consecutive SUndays. For those who do not know what line-check is, it is an annual flying test that Yingwei has to clear. As for base-check, it is a simulator-based flying test on every half-a-year basis. I am glad that he cleared. Can also see that he has much more confidence in his flying.

Oops, got to go, need to do something for my boss. Boss is looking for me....

My First Blog (*Using this acct)

OOPs!! I have not been updating my blog for more than 1 year!!! Must be Superb lazy!! Actually, what happen is that I FORGOT MY PASSWORD! True that i can request for my password
to be sent to the destinated email acct. But U know what, i have terminated that singnet
acct! So, no use to request for password... anyway, that's a long long story..
Let me update u along the way.. I have FINALLY QUIT teaching!! *Oh Yes!* To tell you the
truth,I love to be in class, teaching my favourite subject, Math. BUT....(that's always the
but....) Let's not talk about the negative ISSUES about my ex-school.Anyway, my last day in school was on 21st march 07. I remember that it was a
Wednesday.Weather was not good, was raining heavily. The morning assembly was then held at
the school hall. The usual routines - Singing of national anthem and saying of
announcements. The Principal then went to the stage and announced that I am leaving the
Institute. He also "forced" me to go up to the stage to receive something from him. Make a
guess, what did he pass to me on the stage? Is it a cruise voucher? Is it a certificate of good service?
NO! NO! NO! He gave me a exit survey form from MOE! How insulting can he be!! What was he
trying to show to the staff and whole student population?? This really makes me feel that he
was such a GREAT Pretender! Anyway, let's not talk abt him anymore. I was most touched by my
home class (form class). They queued up to give me their well wishes as well as the flower
that they made. This class is quite an interesting class. The guys are more pampered than
gals!!! What has the world come to?? In general, teenagers are more spolit and lazy as
compared to our times. Their parents really pampered them to the MAX! *Sigh* In future, when i have my kid/s, I must not spoil them. They need to know the importance of
spending $ wisely, not wastefully. That will wait till we have our first kid......
Currently, i am working in IRO (NUS). Got this job through some pulling of strings - a
friend & the ex-boss in OUR (NUS) whom i worked for during my varsity holidays. Am really
fortunate to have a strict yet capable boss and a friendly working environment. Guess what,
i have a corner by myself, overseeing the University cultural centre (UCC). Am really
enjoyable to work here. Though the work may not be easy, lots of stuffs to learn and adapt,
i am trying cope.....This job has lots of exposures to Big shots in the political world. For
eg, we just hosted a visit from Mr Li Yuanchao, party secretary from Jiangsu Province,
China. He was in SIngapore with Vice premier, Wu Yi to attend some events. This visit was
sort of last minute arrow! Bomb was dropped on Monday nite and all preparations must be done
by wednesday. We worked like mad on tuesday and wednesday... there were alot of items to
prepare, like speech must be in mandarin, even the powerpoint slides were in mandarin too
etc.. This was my first encounter with the translation of speech from english to mandarin.
Not easy, really not easy!! But was a good exposure, at least to me. ENough of the visit..

More updates to come later...Now need to get back to WORK!!